Name: Saigo no Chûshingura
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-12-18
Duration: 2 h 13 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Kōji Yakusho, Kôichi Satô, Nanami Sakuraba

A wonderful character study, of love, happiness and duty

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This movie is a wonderful character study, of duty, honour, of the nature of happiness and love and fulfillment.

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